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One-Skein Wonders
Studio : Storey Publishing, LLC
by Storey Publishing, LLC
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Released : 2006-10-20
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781580176453
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 56 reviews)
List Price : $18.95
Our Price : $10.77
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Product Description |
There are lonely, single skeins of yarn in every knitter’s closet — casualties of projects discarded in mid-row, single balls of luscious alpaca or cashmere that was too expensive to buy more than one, the leftovers from long-completed projects. Wherever they came from, those single skeins are a minor source of guilt for knitters everywhere. They really should be used, but for what?
Here are 101 original and charming solutions to the perpetual one-skein problem. Contributed by yarn shops across the country, there are hats, mittens, scarves, bags, socks, ponchos, baby sweaters, belts, headbands, a cell phone carrier, and even a tea cozy and a set of coasters for the home. A scrapbook of tastes and styles that celebrates the ingenuity of knitters nationwide, this is a collection with appeal for every type of stitcher.
With patterns arranged by yarn weight, knitters will easily find broad ranges of possibilities for their particular yarn orphans. Each pattern includes the names of the contributing yarn shop and the designer, and a black-and-white image of the completed project.
101 small, sweet patterns — enough to take care of the single skeins in everyone’s collection and prove once and for all that there is no such thing as leftover yarn! |
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Just Alright |
This book is nice in that it has a great concept (what knitter doesn't love to make things quickly with one skein?) and that there are 101 patterns, which is refreshing in an inexpensive knitting book.
The beef I have with this book is that, simply put, I think most of the patterns are ugly or completely useless (I'm sorry, but DOLL CLOTHES? I think that's cheating a little bit on the one-skein concept). Of the 101 patterns, I think I found about 4 that I liked and perhaps would actually make. That's 4% of the book!
If you are someone who likes to just grind out projects, no matter how unattractive they are, then perhaps you will like this book better than I. Or if you have a daughter or granddaughter that wants sweater and socks for her dollies...
If not, save your money. |
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Cute, easy things to knit |
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The wide variety of items to knit make this a good "go-to" book when you're looking for an easy, fun knitting project. |
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An incredible bargain, over & over again... |
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If you want ONE knitting book to serve you well over & over again through the years - this is the one! It's well-organized, well-written, the patterns are quite easy & well-explained, and really - it is just plain fun. I've made many of the items in this book & will continue to do so...thanks, Judith Durant! |
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Waste of time |
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This book is no different than the first book she wrote, it was a waste of time for me as I don't have babys or children to knit for. There are very few other ideas in the book, and this book is no different than her first book. |
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Some Gems, Some Duds |
I have inherited many orphan skeins from my grandmother's stash, and was looking to this book to make some use of them. All in all, I can say that this book was somewhat helpful. I think that the cell-phone case, while not original, was one of the coolest patterns in here!
Pros (the first two are its greatest strengths):
--The center of the book has color-photos of each and every project, cross-referenced to the page where its pattern can be found
--Patterns are organized by yarn type/weight, which is one of the most useful features I have ever seen in a knitting pattern book!
--IMHO, Two-thirds of the patterns are useful/wearable/would make great gifts
--Most of the patterns are easy for us newbie-knitters
--A good variety of items to knit
--Even the ubiquitous scarves and knits hats were creative
Cons:
--About a third of the projects were just not things that I would ever wear or make for someone else (weird things, like knit cravats, or funky purses and hats that just were not my style)
--Yarns detailed in each project were usually not commonly-found ones and had odd combinations of material types or were more expensive yarns, even though one would expect them to be easily "substitutable" in a one-skein project book.
More pros than cons make this a recommended knitting book for those of you with orphan skeins that you don't know how to use. It is worth its price!
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